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William Couper Collection

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Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.

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Couper, William, b. 1806.

William Couper was an eighteenth-century American tea merchant.

The collection contains correspondence between William Couper and his family, particularly with his brother Samuel, during the years (1831-1844) when he was a tea merchant traveling abroad to Canton, Macao, Edinburgh, and London, as well as to Philadelphia and Newcastle, Delaware. The collection includes miscellaneous documents and an engraving of Couper and one of his brother James.

This collection was the gift of Mrs. Kenneth Gapp in 1967.

Folder inventory added by Nicholas Williams '2015 in 2012.

No appraisal information is available.

Publisher
Manuscripts Division
Finding Aid Date
2008
Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. No further photoduplication of copies of material in the collection can be made when Princeton University Library does not own the original. Inquiries regarding publishing material from the collection should be directed to RBSC Public Services staff through the Ask Us! form. The library has no information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determining any questions of copyright.

Collection Inventory

Letters Concerning His Son William, 1822-1830. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Letters from London, Edinburgh, Newcastle to His Family, 1830-1835. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Letters from Canton and Macao to Family, 1837-1843. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Letters to William Couper, 1831-1844. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Legal Agreement Between John Elliot and Alex Porter Relating to Mill and Dam in Newcastle, 1769. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Miscellaneous Documents, Including Passport and Internal Revenue Form, 1831-1871. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Executor of Estate of Hugh Gourley, 1833. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Documents from Macao and Canton, 1837-1849. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Engravings, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

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